Evaluating Accuracy of Shade Matching in A Cross-Section of Dentists in a Dental Institute, Karnataka, South India

*, Divya Raigangar and Rodrigues, Shobha J and Shenoy, Vidya K. and Shetty, Thilak B. and Pai, Umesh Y. and *, Mahesh M and Hegde, Puneeth
(2018)
Evaluating Accuracy of Shade Matching in A Cross-Section of Dentists in a Dental Institute, Karnataka, South India.
Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development, 9 (8).
pp. 149-154.
ISSN 09760245

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Abstract

This study evaluated the effect of two different manufacturer-suggested shade tab arrangements of VC
shade guide on the accuracy of shade selection by restorative clinicians. Material and Methods: Three VC
shade guides were used in this study. Seven shade tabs from one guide were used for the test; the two
unused guides were used for observer shade selection. One of the shade guides used for shade selection was
arranged according to hue and chroma, the second was arranged according to value. Thirty observers made
420 shade selection in 2 different sessions. The data obtained was analyzed using the Kendall’s tau-b test.
In addition, sensitivity and positive predictive values were also calculated. Results: Based on the sample
size used and the α = 0.05, Power = 0.90, the study detected a 46.3% accuracy with reference to the shade
matching with shade guide arranged according to hue/chroma and a 46.5% accuracy with reference to shade
matching with shade guide arranged according to value .